Worst 'number of cases'...Suwon Samsung, K League 2 next year, too
Worst 'number of cases'...Suwon Samsung, K League 2 next year, too
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Suwon Samsung's stay in the second division, which was called the best K-League house, has been extended.
Suwon's dream of "return to K League 1 in the first year of promotion" disappeared as it failed to survive the K League 2 promotion war, which was more intense than ever.
Suwon's final ranking was confirmed as sixth in the K League 2, which ended on the 9th. Suwon, which played its last game against the Ansan Greeners on the 3rd, had to taste bitter with the number of cases it was concerned about.
In the K-League 2, where 13 teams compete in 36 matches each, the winning team will advance to the first division. With FC Anyang having already decided to advance to the championship for the first time, it was the hero of the PO ticket, which was given to the second place who received the direct ticket for promotion and PO, and the third to fifth places.
Suwon (56 points), which remained in fourth place until the previous game, was ahead of fifth-ranked Jeonnam Dragons and sixth-ranked Busan I'Park by 2 points and 3 points, respectively, so only one of the two teams could qualify for the PO even if they failed to add wins.
For Suwon, however, the result was the worst. South Jeolla Province (57 points) advanced to the fourth place by winning 4-0 away games against E-Land FC in Seoul, while Busan (56 points) advanced to the fifth place by beating Bucheon FC, where 10 players played, 3-1. Busan has the same score as Suwon, but has lost Suwon's last hope by leading the team by nine goals in terms of multiple points (55 goals for Busan, 46 goals for Suwon).
South Jeolla Province and Busan will play a semi-PO of the K League 2 at the Gwangyang 메이저놀이터 Football Stadium on Monday, and the winner of the match will compete in the K League 2 PO with E-Land (58 points) ranked third on Monday. The winner of the K League 2 PO will have the final match between the 10th place in the K League 1 and the promotion PO. Asan, South Chungcheong Province (60 points), which finishes the season in second place, will play the promotion PO with the 11th place in the K League 1.
Suwon boasts the most wins in the Korea Cup (five times) and the League Cup (six times) along with four wins in the K-League 1. However, the team suffered a setback in its K-League 1 ranking last year. Suwon secured about 10 players in the transfer market alone last summer, but failed to overcome the last crisis.
It is ironic that Suwon's failure to advance to the first division will help the overall popularity of the K-League next year. Suwon, which had an average of 11,798 spectators in the first division in 2023, has established itself as the most popular club in the second division, mobilizing 14,468 despite unfavorable factors such as changing its home stadium to Yongin Mir Stadium this year. As a result, the K-League has created a sensation of exceeding 3 million paid spectators for the second consecutive year, combining the first and second divisions.